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I’ve been working for four years and don’t earn enough yet to get a residential mortgage as a first-time buyer so I’m clubbing together with my brother Nick to get a buy-to-let... Read more »
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Lisa Jones and her husband Stephen Thomas (a.k.a. Thomo) were sitting in bed in their home in Muswell Hill on a Sunday morning, idly scrolling eBay. Then they saw it. “I came... Read more »
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A bride-to-be was horrified after discovering a playsuit she ordered from ASOS arrived with a ‘disgusting’ bloodstain. The woman, 26, who wishes to remain anonymous, was left in disbelief when she spotted... Read more »
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Sir Philip Green’s wife bought up exclusive London properties before and after BHS collapsed including a £10.6m home for their daughter Chloe just yards from Buckingham Palace, the Pandora Papers revealed today. Lady... Read more »
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Sadiq Khan has told the government it needs to build homes for Londoners rather than foreign investors. “We’ve got to build far, far, far more homes in London and they have got... Read more »
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It’s easy to cast scorn on the idealism of youth, but once in a while you just have to smile and accept that the kids are alright. This was definitely the overwhelming... Read more »
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David Artell is backing Charlie Kirk to be a success for Charlton Athletic – and discussed the attacker after he featured against his former club Crewe this afternoon. The 23-year-old played 76... Read more »
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A duo in their mid-20s managed to buy a house in East London worth £450,000 without any help from their families or a help-to-buy scheme. Olamide Soyemi, known as Ola, and Cullen... Read more »
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A campaigner has added her voice to calls from animal rescue charities and vets for tighter restrictions on on-line pet shopping for as the pandemic sees a rise in the demand for... Read more »
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Two London fraudsters have been jailed for purchasing costly gadgets with strangers’ details and posing as a courier to take them from their properties. Adekoya Adefowora, 38, of Colyers Lane in Erith,... Read more »